Health Care

Waukesha-based ProHealth Care has announced it will work with Indiana University Health to create a cardiothoracic surgery program.

Milwaukee-based Managed Health Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of St. Louis-based Centene Corporation, has been notified by the Wisconsin Department of Health Services that it is approved to offer health insurance coverage through the BadgerCare Plus program in southeastern Wisconsin.

More than 56,000 people in Wisconsin have signed up through the Obamacare insurance marketplace. This means signups in Wisconsin are, for the first time, higher than the original enrollment target from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Aurora Health Care has named Gerard Colman chief operating officer and Mike Lappin chief administrative officer.

Oconomowoc-based Rogers Memorial Hospital is adding to its residential treatment with “FOCUS,” a program for young adults struggling with their transition to adulthood due to facing depression and other mood disorders.

Milwaukee-based Trilogy Health Insurance has signed a contract with the Wisconsin Department of Health Services to administer the BadgerCare Plus and Medicaid SSI programs to eligible residents of Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine and Waukesha Counties.

Aurora Health Care has hired neurosurgeon Amin Kassam, MD, to lead its Neurosciences Department.

Kathleen Falk, the former Dane County Executive and current Regional Director of Region V of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), was in Milwaukee today to discuss the Affordable Care Act at a WisPolitics luncheon.

56,436 people in Wisconsin have signed up for an Obamacare marketplace insurance plan in Wisconsin, according to new data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

Milwaukee-based Trilogy Health Insurance has signed a contract with the Wisconsin Department of Health Services to administer the BadgerCare Plus and Medicaid SSI programs to eligible residents of Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine and Waukesha Counties.